Senior Software Engineer - Duo Security
Duo Security, now part of Cisco, is the leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Zero Trust Security solutions provider. Duo was built with cloud native technologies from the ground up and is a high scale SaaS-only solution running on AWS.
Our mission is simple: democratize security by making it easy and effective for everyone. We are transforming security from the ground up by solving the world's most pressing geopolitical challenge safe, secure information access through Zero Trust Security solutions. We use a human centric product design approach to reduce the complexity and create solutions that are simple to use.
Our work culture is defined by values of Being kinder than necessary, Learning together, Engineering the business and celebrating diversity of perspectives. A positive and intellectually cultivating environment for employees is the reason Cisco has won the Best company to work for three years in a row and earned us the title of The most loved security company given by our customers.
Our engineers at all levels lead projects and bring our teams along with them. We value inclusion, empower autonomy, and emphasize software craftsmanship. You embody our values and development culture of collaboration, democracy, testing, CI/CD, data-driven decisions, and mentorship. We prioritize team success highest and tend to swarm on sprint work to meet our shared goals.
What You'll Do...
You will be a part of our global Duo Security engineering team within Cisco's Security Business Group (SBG).
You will work with engineering teams across geographies, obtain and facilitate knowledge transfers, train, and mentor local teams.
You will serve as a technical lead, working with global engineering, product management and design teams, and own the delivery of product features end to end.
You will know and contribute to Duo architecture and collaborate with a wide range of internal partners to engineer automated solutions to remove toil and enhance our security, infrastructure, and reliability.
Required Skills:
Bachelor's degree (or above) in computer science or related field with 7+ years of overall software engineering experience.
5+ years of Full-Stack development experience using python or other modern languages, front-end technologies, libraries, frameworks (JavaScript, React etc.) and SQL/NoSQL databases.
5+ years of experience in system design, development, and delivery of highly scalable distributed multi-tenant SaaS products using AWS (preferred),
Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure.
You are highly skilled in Cloud Native Architecture, Microservices
Architecture and Event Driven Architecture.
5+ years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environment and standard methodologies like TDD, Code Reviews and ownership of Automated tests to ensure quality.
Experience in automated deployment pipelines and DevOps best practices.
Strong fundamentals of data structures, algorithms, design patterns and async programming.
You are known to be a pragmatic programmer and problem solver; you can deliver results while not succumbing to analysis paralysis or overcomplication.
You value team success the most and will swarm with your peers to meet our shared goals. As part of an inclusive team, you champion all teammates regardless of level or background.
Nice to have:
Knowledge/experience with Elasticsearch, Snowflake, Delta Lake, Kafka.
A proven understanding of security best-practices in web development.
Experience with configuring, testing, and validating cloud infrastructure and applications.
Have a history of empathizing with users and delivering solutions that meet their problems where they are.
Knowledge/experience with AD/SAML /OAuth.
3 Reasons why you should apply:
You thrive having the autonomy to operate in a meaningful problem space solving real problems for real people.
You work best within an empathetic team that is passionate about a common goal.
You are happy when your end-users are happy and frustrated when they are frustrated.
If this role and the security field is exciting to you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all 100% of the description or qualifications. If you have been an effective technical contributor to software projects and can show consistent examples of having led others, regardless of role or title, apply.
Duo is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We are able to grow and learn better together with a team with varied strengths of employees. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent that our employees invest in their work represents not only part of our culture, but our reputation and Duo's achievement as well. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, the nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Why Cisco Secure
We are global, we are adaptable, we are diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we are missing is YOU.
Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we are better together, that is why we are dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.
We are proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we are excited to see the new heights we will reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!
Cisco Secure offers an environment that combines cutting-edge, mission-critical, technology with some of the brightest, most diverse set of people I've ever had the pleasure of working with. - Chief of Staff, Engineering
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